ZEALS Co., Ltd. (Omakase Robotics division) · healthcare humanoid
D1
A compact 'semi-domestic' semi-humanoid: a two-armed upper body (7-axis arms with torque sensors on every joint, grippers, 2-axis neck and a 30 cm lift) on an autonomous mobile base only 48 cm wide, designed and assembled in Japan from imported parts for narrow Japanese indoor spaces. Height is 129.3-159.3 cm, payload 5 kg per arm, top speed 1 m/s and runtime 8 hours.
- Price
- $33,000Cheaper than 44%
- Height
- 159 cmTaller than 40%
- Weight
- 110 kgHeavier than 86%
- Payload
- 5 kgCarries more than 22%
- Speed
- 3.6 km/hFaster than 30%
- Battery
- 8 hRuns longer than 75%
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Why it matters
D1 is on the market today.
Real-world use
Pre-orders opened on 5 Aug 2026 with the first lot (already sold out) due for delivery from October 2026; ZEALS targets 100 units built and 10,000 operating hours in fiscal 2026, mainly in hospitals and care homes, after a humanoid trial at University of Tsukuba Hospital in March 2026.
Maker
ZEALS Co., Ltd. (Omakase Robotics division)Company · founded 2014 · Tokyo, JapanHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
D1 is taller than 40% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
D1 is heavier than 86% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
D1 is faster than 30% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
D1 carries more than 22% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
D1 has more joints than 14% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
D1 runs longer than 75% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
D1 costs less than 44% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Works on sitefirst hospital deployment of D1, evaluating five in-hospital tasks over 35 hours · Sep 2026 · omakaserobotics.ai
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention D1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 2 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 21 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 21 DoF: neck 2, arms 7 x 2, grippers 1 x 2, lift 1, base 2; 30 cm lift stroke; motors and batteries sourced overseas.
- Hands
- Chinese-made grippers on two 7-axis arms; 5 kg per arm; torque sensors on every arm axis so the arm stops on contact.
- Sensors & vision
- Lidar and ultrasonic sensors on the base, with SLAM navigation that detects glass obstacles.
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson for edge inference.
- Battery & power
- About 8 hours of continuous operation.
- Materials & build
- Height 129.3-159.3 cm; base 48 cm wide and 55.5 cm deep, passes 65 cm gaps; 110 kg.
- AI & software
- Omakase OS middleware (navigation, obstacle avoidance, conversation via the Omakase.ai voice agent) and Omakase Zen learning platform; base models from Physical Intelligence's π series and NVIDIA GR00T, post-trained by ZEALS.
- Other details
- Top speed 1 m/s, ±5 cm positioning, climbs 1 cm steps and rides elevators. Aimed at hospitals and care homes: reception, guidance, patrols, tray and dish handling, recreation. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance created a policy for it.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAPhysical Intelligence
From the maker
D1 is the only humanoid from ZEALS (Omakase Robotics division) in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $33,000From ¥5 million (about $33,000) plus OS/support fees from ¥200,000 a month.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Mass production begun; FY2026 target 100 units and 10,000 operating hours
- Sold or delivered
- Reservations from 5 Aug 2026; first lot for October 2026 delivery reported sold out
- Where it is sold or used
- Designed and assembled in Japan from imported parts
- Customers and pilots
- Ekisai Hospital, Nagoya (35-hour deployment, Aug 2026); partners CUC, Sakura Juji Group, CHCP, JA Mitsui Leasing, Mitsubishi HC Capital, Mizuho Leasing, GMO AIR, Quick, Timee
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Trial ended
Juko Osu Hospital (Keimeikai Medical Corporation) · Juko Osu Hospital · Nagoya · since 2026-08 · 2 units
Two D1 robots spent three days (26-28 August 2026, 35 hours) guiding visitors, carrying light items, making tea, clearing trays and leading exercise sessions in a hospital trial. Two D1 units per ZEALS's findings section ZEALS (Omakase Robotics)
- Trial ended
Sakurajuji Group · Hospitalment Bunkyo Sendagi (nursing home) · Tokyo · since 2026-09 · 1 units
One D1 robot spent two days (10-11 September 2026) guiding people between floors by lift, carrying light items and pouring tea at a private nursing home in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The page describes a single D1 robot ZEALS (Omakase Robotics)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- ZEALS D1 deployed at a Nagoya hospital
A report from a ZEALS event said D1 had worked 35 hours at Ekisai Hospital and that mass production had started for October delivery.
note (Kazumichi Moriyama) - ZEALS opens reservations for D1 from ¥5M
Impress Watch detailed the narrow 48 cm semi-humanoid for hospitals, its specs, partners and a 100-unit first-year target.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-08-05 | 2026-02 | 2026-04-08 | 2026-09-04 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 159 cm | 163 cm | 175 cm | 168 cm |
| Weight | 110 kg | 45 kg | — | 78 kg |
| Joints | 21 | 12 | 34 | 36 |
| Speed | 3.6 km/h | 5.4 km/h | 7.2 km/h | — |
| Payload | 5 kg | — | 12 kg | 5 kg |
| Battery | 8 h | 8 h | 12 h | 8 h |
| Price | $33,000 | — | — | — |
Sources
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